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Market position
The data
DC-coupled battery
Stores DC energy and relies on system power electronics outside the battery product for household AC.
- Product role
- The published battery record covers the storage stack, controller and stated capacity range.
- Published range
- 3.8 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
Capacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score and displayed range remain inside the exact source and market boundary recorded by the 13 August 2026 sprint. Scored model: LiFe4838P · checked 2026-08-29. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-29
Strong evidence coverage
13 of 13 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5. Official Australian due-soon freshness recheck 2026-08-29.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Usable capacity (kWh)Manufacturer ↗
Product record history
2 changes to this record · 8 products changed in this update
Source
- Before
- checked: 2026-08-13; source revision: LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5. Official Australian due-soon freshness recheck 2026-08-29.; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
- After
- checked: 2026-08-29; source revision: LiFe4838P exact page and current CER listing expiring 25 September 2026, rechecked 2026-08-29; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
Ranges
- Current text
- checked: 2026-08-29; market: AU; max: 3.8; min: 3.8; range label: 3.8 kWh; source revision: LiFe4838P exact page and current CER listing expiring 25 September 2026, rechecked 2026-08-29; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/; unit: kWh
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Primary datasheet
2 changes to this record · 23 products changed in this update
Ranges
- Current text
- checked: 2026-08-13; market: AU; max: 3.8; min: 3.8; range label: 3.8 kWh; source revision: LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5. Official Australian due-soon freshness recheck 2026-08-29.; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/; unit: kWh
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Primary datasheetSource
- Before
- checked: 2026-08-29; source revision: LiFe4838P exact page and current CER listing expiring 25 September 2026, rechecked 2026-08-29; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
- After
- checked: 2026-08-13; source revision: LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5. Official Australian due-soon freshness recheck 2026-08-29.; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
5 changes to this record · 9 products changed in this update
AU Support Note
- Current text
- PowerPlus Energy still publishes the exact product page, datasheet, manual and warranty. Those sources do not establish current stock or a completed-sale pathway. The regulator listing still expires on 25 September 2026 and must be rechecked before that date.
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Modularity & scalabilityWarranty throughput+3 in JSON recordAU Certifications
- Current text
- The 29 August 2026 CER battery export still lists LiFe4838P, approved 13 May 2023 and expiring 25 September 2026. The listing is current on the recheck date. This is not a renewal, delisting or successor claim.; The exact V9.3 specification lists IEC 62619:2017 for the cell and battery pack, plus UL 1642, UN 38.3, IEC 61000-6-3:2020 and IEC 62368-1:2018.
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Modularity & scalabilityWarranty throughput+3 in JSON recordSource revision
- Current text
- LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5. Official Australian due-soon freshness recheck 2026-08-29.
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Primary datasheetSource
- Before
- checked: 2026-08-13; source revision: LiFe4838P specification V9.3 dated 2025-04-08; installation and operation manual V3.1 dated 2025-03-25; warranty statement V1.3 dated 2026-03-18; Approval Watch source au-cec-battery-2026-08-10-155701760bf5; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
- After
- checked: 2026-08-29; source revision: LiFe4838P exact page and current CER listing expiring 25 September 2026, rechecked 2026-08-29; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/
Ranges
- Current text
- checked: 2026-08-29; market: AU; max: 3.8; min: 3.8; range label: 3.8 kWh; source revision: LiFe4838P exact page and current CER listing expiring 25 September 2026, rechecked 2026-08-29; source url: https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/products/life4838p/; unit: kWh
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Primary datasheet
1 change to this record · 147 products changed in this update
48De4D5C6Eba
- Current text
- accepted at: 2026-08-13; category: battery; certification model: LiFe4838P; jurisdiction: au_cec; match method: exact_normalized_single_record; product slug: powerplus-energy-life4838p-au; source key: data/batteries/powerplus_life4838p_au.json; source manufacturer name: PowerPlus Energy Pty Ltd; validation: approved at: 2023-05-13; candidate model: LiFe4838P; data confidence: High; evidence url: https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-solar-batteries-0; expires at: 2026-09-25; list data version: au-cer-battery-2026-08-20-b3f077cbe945; list retrieved at: 2026-08-27T04:30:11Z; listing status at validation: listed
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Australian approved-product source identity
21 changes to this record · 78 products changed in this update
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/resources/life4838p-warranty-statement.pdf
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/resources/life4838p-specifications.pdf
Round-trip efficiency (%): Evidence status
- Before
- sourced
- After
- No longer recorded
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/resources/life4838p-warranty-statement.pdf
Round-trip efficiency (%): Evidence sources
- Before
- https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/resources/life4838p-specifications.pdf
- After
- No longer recorded
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Reviewed 2026-08-25: The exact specification publishes efficiency above 96% but does not explicitly define a round-trip measurement boundary. No battery/DC round-trip value is substituted into the score.
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Reviewed 2026-08-25: The governing material publishes estimated cycle ranges at several depths of discharge but no exact cycles-to-70% result. No cycles-to-70% value is substituted into the score.
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The exact specification publishes efficiency above 96% but does not explicitly define a round-trip measurement boundary.
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.powerplus-energy.com.au/resources/life4838p-specifications.pdf
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- The governing material publishes estimated cycle ranges at several depths of discharge but no exact cycles-to-70% result.
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Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
Australian approval history
Exact source-register changes recorded since monitoring began. These events do not change the global product score.
- The approved-product source recorded a changed expiry. Exact source model: LiFe4838P. View change record
A register event does not establish availability, warranty coverage, compatibility, network acceptance, or installation suitability.
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LiFe4838P scores 58, placing 61 of 74 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 63.0. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (91), running 7.9 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem scores 40, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on energy ecosystem is 47. Key specifications: LFP, 3.22 kW continuous output.